Atariya Vanotora Chigaro Choushe
Atariya anouraya mhuri youmambo, asi mucheche mumwe anovanzwa mumba maBaba vedu kwamakore matanhatu. Mupristi Jehoyadha anopa varindi zvombo, anopfekedza mukomana korona, uye anoita kuti mambokadzi aurayirwe kunze kwenzvimbo tsvene. Temberi yaBhaari inoputswa, uye mwana ane makore manomwe anotora chigaro choushe.
11 1Zvino Atariya, mai vaAhazia, pavakaona kuti mwanakomana wavo akanga afa, vakasimuka kuti vaparadze mhuri yose youmambo. 2Asi Jehosheba, mwanasikana wamambo Joramu uye hanzvadzi yaAhazia, vakatora Joashi mwanakomana waAhazia, vakamuba pakati pavanakomana vamambo vakanga voda kuurayiwa. Vakamuviga iye nomureri wake muimba yokuvata, kure naAtariya, nokudaro haana kuurayiwa. 3Akagara akavanzwa navo muimba yaBaba vedu kwamakore matanhatu, Atariya vachitonga nyika.
Baba Vanochengetedza Mambo Chaiye
4Mugore rechinomwe Jehoyadha vakatuma shoko kuvakuru vamazana, vavaKari navarindi, vakavauyisa kwavari muimba yaBaba vedu. Vakaita sungano navo, vakavapikisa mhiko muimba yaBaba vedu, vakavaratidza mwanakomana wamambo. 5Vakavarayira vachiti, “Itai izvi: chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chenyu chinopinda basa neSabata chicharinda muzinda wamambo, 6chimwe muzvitatu chiri pasuo reSuri, chimwe chiri pasuo riri shure kwavarindi; murinde muzinda muchichinjana. 7Mapoka enyu maviri anobuda basa neSabata anofanira kurinda imba yaBaba vedu nokuda kwamambo. 8Komberedzai mambo kumativi ose, mumwe nomumwe akabata zvombo zvake muruoko; urayai ani naani anoswedera pedyo nemitsara. Garai namambo kwose kwavanoenda.”
9Vakuru vamazana vakaita zvose zvavakarayirwa naJehoyadha mupristi. Mumwe nomumwe akatora varume vake—vaya vaipinda basa neSabata pamwe chete navaya vaibuda—vakauya kuna Jehoyadha mupristi. 10Mupristi akapa vakuru vamazana mapfumo nenhoo zvamambo Dhavhidhi, zvakanga zvakachengetwa muimba yaBaba vedu. 11Varindi vakamira vakakomberedza mambo, mumwe nomumwe akabata chombo chake muruoko, kubva kurutivi rwezasi rwetemberi kusvika kurutivi rwokumusoro, pedyo nearitari netemberi. 12Jehoyadha vakabudisa mwanakomana wamambo, vakaisa korona pamusoro pake, vakamupa chipupuriro. Vakamugadza samambo, vakamuzodza, vanhu vakauchira maoko vachidanidzira vachiti, “Mambo ngaararame!”
13Atariya pavakanzwa ruzha rwavarindi norwavanhu, vakaenda kuvanhu muimba yaBaba vedu. 14Vakatarisa—onei mambo vamire pambiru sezvaidikanwa netsika, vakuru navaridzi vehwamanda vamire parutivi pake, vanhu vose venyika vachifara vachiridza hwamanda. Atariya vakabvarura nguo dzavo, vachidanidzira vachiti, “Kumukira! Kumukira!”
15Jehoyadha mupristi vakarayira vakuru vamazana vaitungamirira hondo vachiti, “Mubudisei napakati pemitsara; urayai nomunondo ani naani anomutevera.” Nokuti mupristi vakanga vati haafaniri kuurayiwa muimba yaBaba vedu. 16Saka vakamubata, vakaenda nenzira yokupinda namabhiza kumuzinda, uko kwavakaurayirwa.
17Ipapo Jehoyadha vakaita sungano pakati paBaba vedu namambo navanhu, kuti vave vanhu vaBaba vedu; nesungano pakati pamambo navanhu. 18Vanhu vose venyika vakaenda kutemberi yaBhaari vakaiputsa. Vakaputsanya aritari dzayo nezvifananidzo zvayo, vakauraya Matani, mupristi waBhaari, pamberi pearitari. Ipapo mupristi vakaisa varindi pamusoro peimba yaBaba vedu. 19Vakatora vakuru vamazana, vaKari, varindi, navanhu vose venyika, vakaburutsa mambo vachibva muimba yaBaba vedu vachipfuura nomusuo wavarindi kuenda kumuzinda wamambo, uko kwavakagara pachigaro choushe chamadzimambo. 20Vanhu vose venyika vakafara, guta rikanyarara, sezvo Atariya vakanga vaurayiwa nomunondo pamuzinda wamambo.
21Joashi akanga ane makore manomwe pavakava mambo.